2015 Moçambola

Moçambola
Season 2015
Champions Ferroviário Maputo
Relegated 1º de Maio
Desportivo de Nacala
Ferroviário Quelimane
2016 CAF Champions League Ferroviário Maputo
Matches played 182
Goals scored 291 (1.6 per match)
Biggest home win LD Maputo 5-0 Desportivo de Nacala
(11 April 2015)
Biggest away win Ferroviário Quelimane 0-5 LD Maputo
(10 May 2015)
Highest scoring
Longest winning run Costa do Sol (4)
Longest unbeaten run LD Maputo (9)
Longest winless run Ferroviário Quelimane (20)
Longest losing run 1º de Maio
Ferroviário Quelimane
Maxaquene (5)
← 2014
2016

All statistics correct as of 1 November 2015.

The 2015 Moçambola is the 38th season of top-tier football in Mozambique. The season began on 14 March. Ferroviário Maputo won the league title by a single point with a 1-1 draw at Ferroviário Nampula. Costa do Sol could have taken the championship with a win or pulled even with a draw, but fell 1-0 at Chibuto to finish second despite leading the league for seven of the last 10 weeks. The championship was the 10th overall for Ferroviário Maputo and first since 2009.

1º de Maio, Desportivo de Nacala and Ferroviário Quelimane finished as the bottom three teams in the league table and will be relegated to regional groups for the 2016 season.

Teams

A total of 14 teams will contest the league, including 11 sides from the 2014 season and three promoted from 2014 regional groups, Ferroviário Nacala, 1º de Maio and Vilankulo.

On the other hand, Têxtil do Punguè, Ferroviário Pemba and Estrela Vermelha Beira were the last three teams of the 2014 season and are playing in regional groups for the 2015 season. LD Maputo are the defending champions from the 2014 season.

Stadiums and locations

Team Home city Stadium Capacity 2014 season
1º de Maio de Quelimane Maputo Estádio 1º de Maio 18,000 Regional groups
FC Chibuto Chibuto Campo do Chibuto 2,000 7th in Moçambola
CD Costa do Sol Maputo Estádio do Costa do Sol 10,000 8th in Moçambola
Desportivo Maputo Maputo Estádio 1º de Maio 18,000 4th in Moçambola
Desportivo de Nacala Nampula Estadio 25 de Junho 5,000 9th in Moçambola
Clube Ferroviário da Beira Beira Estádio do Ferroviário 7,000 3rd in Moçambola
Clube Ferroviário de Maputo Maputo Estádio da Machava 45,000 10th in Moçambola
Clube Ferroviário de Nacala Velha Nacala Estádio do Nacala Velha 15,000 Regional groups
Clube Ferroviário de Nampula Nampula Estadio 25 de Junho 5,000 2nd in Moçambola
Ferroviário de Quelimane Quelimane Campo do Ferroviário de Quelimane 3,000 11th in Moçambola
GD HCB Songo Songo Estádio 27 de Novembro 2,000 5th in Moçambola
Liga Muçulmana de Maputo Matola Estádio Da Liga Muçulmana 5,000 Moçambola Champions
C.D. Maxaquene Matola Campo do Matchedje 15,000 6th in Moçambola
Vilankulo F.C. Vilankulo Estádio Municipal de Vilankulo 5,000 Regional groups

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
Head-to-head
1 Ferroviário Maputo (C) (Q) 26 12 8 6 35 20 +15 44 2016 CAF Champions League
2 Costa do Sol 26 12 7 7 26 17 +9 43 LDM 0-0 CDS
CDS 1-0 LDM
3 LD Maputo (Q) 26 12 7 7 26 12 +14 43 2016 CAF Confederation Cup
4 Ferroviário Beira 26 11 6 9 24 21 +3 39 FBE 1-0 HCB
HCB 0-0 FBE
5 HCB Songo 26 10 9 7 22 17 +5 39
6 Ferroviário Nampula 26 9 10 7 18 18 0 37
7 Maxaquene 26 10 6 10 21 21 0 36
8 Ferroviário Nacala 26 9 7 10 17 15 +2 34 FNC: 10 points
CHI: 4 points
VIL: 2 points
9 Chibuto 26 8 10 8 23 20 +3 34
10 Vilankulo 26 9 7 10 23 27 4 34
11 Desportivo Maputo 26 7 9 10 17 25 8 30
12 1º de Maio (R) 26 6 11 9 17 25 8 29 Relegation to regional groups
13 Desportivo de Nacala (R) 26 6 9 11 16 27 11 27
14 Ferroviário Quelimane (R) 26 3 10 13 9 30 21 19

Updated to games played on 1 November 2015.
Source: FIFA.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

All teams play in a double round robin system (home and away).

Home \ Away[1] 1DM CHI CDSDMADDNFBEFMAFNCFNMFQUHCBLDMMAXVIL
1º de Maio 11 12 00 10 11 13 10 01 00 22 01 21 21
Chibuto 00 10 31 20 31 10 01 00 30 00 00 42 21
Costa do Sol 20 30 21 10 01 00 10 10 10 11 10 12 20
Desportivo Maputo 22 10 22 02 00 12 10 21 00 11 00 21 01
Desportivo de Nacala 12 10 11 00 11 21 00 11 20 10 01 00 01
Ferroviário Beira 10 11 12 30 30 10 01 02 10 10 10 20 12
Ferroviário Maputo 00 11 00 01 21 21 10 40 30 31 10 02 51
Ferroviário Nacala 00 20 00 10 20 01 02 11 00 20 31 10 21
Ferroviário Nampula 01 10 02 20 00 10 11 00 10 11 21 10 10
Ferroviário Quelimane 00 11 10 01 11 11 01 10 00 10 05 12 11
HCB Songo 10 10 20 00 00 00 00 21 10 30 10 10 20
LD Maputo 00 00 00 10 50 20 31 10 10 10 21 01 10
Maxaquene 20 10 10 10 12 01 11 10 00 00 01 00 00
Vilankulo 30 00 21 01 10 20 11 00 11 21 10 00 12

Updated to games played on 1 November 2015.
Source: soccerway.com
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

Leader
Relegation to Zimbabwe Division 1
Team ╲ Round 1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
Ferroviário Maputo 2 8 5 3 2 1 2 3 3 6 5 7 5 5 5 3 3 4 4 4 2 2 1 3 1 1
Costa do Sol 6 3 8 11 12 12 9 4 4 5 4 4 3 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2
LD Maputo 6 3 1 4 3 2 3 1 1 2 3 2 2 4 4 5 4 3 3 2 4 3 4 2 3 3
Ferroviário Beira 14 8 3 7 9 13 13 14 9 11 8 10 7 9 9 8 7 5 6 5 3 4 3 4 4 4
HCB Songo 10 6 12 6 8 5 10 8 11 8 10 11 11 11 11 9 9 9 7 6 7 5 7 5 5 5
Ferroviário Nampula 1 5 11 13 7 9 5 9 7 7 6 6 9 7 8 7 8 10 10 10 9 6 8 6 6 6
Maxaquene 2 1 2 1 1 3 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 3 5 7 9 9 9 7
Ferroviário Nacala 10 6 9 5 6 8 6 7 5 3 2 3 4 3 3 4 5 6 8 9 8 8 5 8 7 8
Chibuto 6 11 6 9 10 11 12 10 12 12 13 12 13 12 12 13 12 11 12 12 13 10 10 10 10 9
Vilankulo 10 13 14 14 14 10 11 13 13 13 12 9 8 8 7 6 6 8 5 8 6 9 6 7 8 10
Desportivo Maputo 2 8 10 12 13 14 14 12 8 10 11 13 12 13 13 12 11 12 11 7 10 11 11 11 11 11
1° de Maio 6 11 7 8 11 7 8 6 10 9 9 8 6 6 6 10 10 7 9 10 11 13 13 13 13 12
Desportivo de Nacala 2 1 4 2 4 4 4 5 6 4 7 5 10 10 10 11 13 13 13 13 12 12 12 12 12 13
Ferroviário Quelimane 10 13 12 10 5 6 7 11 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14

Last updated: 1 November 2015
Source: Soccerway (French)

References

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